setting speakup to certain settings

setting speakup to certain settings

[Daniel Dalton]

Hi,

I am trying to write a shell script to set all the speakup settings on 
boot up. Actually not all but some. I want punc level and reading to be 
at 2 and rate to be at 6.
It seems this is cleared at shutdown. Do I just run my script like this?
./scriptname.sh

This is what I did:
emacs ~/settings-speakup.sh

#!/bin/sh
echo 6 > /proc/speakup/rate
echo 2 > /proc/speakup/punc_level
echo 2 > /proc/speakup/reading_punc

(I hope the last line is correct)
when I save the file and type:
./settings-speakup.sh it says:
bash /settings-speakup.sh permission denied.
If I type it as root I get the same error.
Any ideas?
And once the script works how do I make it be ran when the box boots?

Also does anyone know of a good online guide to shell scripting?
Thanks.

-- 
Daniel Dalton

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
daniel.dalton47@gmail.com

Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Geoff Shang]

Daniel Dalton wrote:

> when I save the file and type:
> ./settings-speakup.sh it says:
> bash /settings-speakup.sh permission denied.
> If I type it as root I get the same error.
> Any ideas?

You get this error because the script is not set to be executable.

Again, chmod is what you need to use to change this.  consult "man chmod" 
for more info.

> And once the script works how do I make it be ran when the box boots?

NOt sure if there is a definite way that you're meant to do this in Debian, 
there probably is.

Start and stop scripts are usually located in /etc/init.d with a symlink to 
the appropriate runlevel directory /etc/rcx.d (where x=-06 or S).  Read the 
init man page for more info on runlevels.

Exactly when it will run depends on which runlevel it is linked to and 
where in the order it is located.  Links starting with S are start scripts 
and are run when the system starts, assuming it reaches that runlevel. 
Links starting with K are stop or kill scripts which are run when the 
system is shut down or is rebooted, depending on the runlevel.

I have a script called /etc/init.d/speakup.sh which I have symlinked to 
/etc/rcS.d/S11speakup.sh

Note that such a script needs to run after the proc file system becomes 
available.  On my system at least this happens during the S10checkroot 
script.

Of course, if you don't want to mess with all of this, you could simply 
have it run when you log in.   Either call it from your .bash_profile 
script or even put the commands directly into that script.

Geoff.

Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Daniel Dalton]

Hi Geoff,

Thanks.
A quick google for "how to write shell scripts" gave me the answer.
I should learn to google more. :-)
Now I'll just need to get it to run when I log in.
Thanks for your help.

-- 
Daniel Dalton

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
daniel.dalton47@gmail.com

Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Jude DaShiell]

Your script is probably correct, but please remember you don't yet have a 
script just a text file.  Now if you make that text file executable, then 
it becomes a script.  So, chmod 755 script.sh as root then try running it 
again.  Also putting such scripts into /usr/local/bin can make them 
accessible to everyone on the system and protect them from yum upgrade 
actions which might erase the scripts.



On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Daniel Dalton wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to write a shell script to set all the speakup settings on boot 
> up. Actually not all but some. I want punc level and reading to be at 2 and 
> rate to be at 6.
> It seems this is cleared at shutdown. Do I just run my script like this?
> ./scriptname.sh
>
> This is what I did:
> emacs ~/settings-speakup.sh
>
> #!/bin/sh
> echo 6 > /proc/speakup/rate
> echo 2 > /proc/speakup/punc_level
> echo 2 > /proc/speakup/reading_punc
>
> (I hope the last line is correct)
> when I save the file and type:
> ./settings-speakup.sh it says:
> bash /settings-speakup.sh permission denied.
> If I type it as root I get the same error.
> Any ideas?
> And once the script works how do I make it be ran when the box boots?
>
> Also does anyone know of a good online guide to shell scripting?
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Daniel Dalton
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
> daniel.dalton47@gmail.com
>
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Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Jude DaShiell]

You could put it in .bashrc and have it run that way or maybe rc.local 
whereever that might be found on your system.



On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Daniel Dalton wrote:

> Hi Geoff,
>
> Thanks.
> A quick google for "how to write shell scripts" gave me the answer.
> I should learn to google more. :-)
> Now I'll just need to get it to run when I log in.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> -- 
> Daniel Dalton
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
> daniel.dalton47@gmail.com
>
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>
>

Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Daniel Dalton]

On 2/12/2007 7:43 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> You could put it in .bashrc and have it run that way or maybe rc.local 
> whereever that might be found on your system.

I put it in .bash_profile. And when I log in it runs my script and sets 
my settings.
The only time I have the defaults is if when I am in the log in screen. 
And if I logged in as root straight from boot up.
Which I don't do. If I do su - from being logged in as daniel my 
settings stay the same.

-- 
Daniel Dalton

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
daniel.dalton47@gmail.com

Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Daniel Dalton]

On 2/12/2007 7:38 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Your script is probably correct, but please remember you don't yet have 
> a script just a text file.  Now if you make that text file executable, 
> then it becomes a script.  So, chmod 755 script.sh as root then try 

I started reading a bash scripting guide and found that out.
Thanks.

> running it again.  Also putting such scripts into /usr/local/bin can 
> make them accessible to everyone on the system and protect them from yum 

I don't use yum but yes. Actually I put it in /bin/speakup. Is that ok? 
And I modified /etc/profile so that /bin/speakup was in my path.

-- 
Daniel Dalton

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
daniel.dalton47@gmail.com

Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Jude DaShiell]

When speakup gets updated, you could loose your script.  I understand your 
motivation though.  If you don't yet have a /usr/share/speakup folder on 
your system you could put it in that folder once created then add that to 
the path though.



On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Daniel Dalton wrote:

> On 2/12/2007 7:38 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>  Your script is probably correct, but please remember you don't yet have a
>>  script just a text file.  Now if you make that text file executable, then
>>  it becomes a script.  So, chmod 755 script.sh as root then try 
>
> I started reading a bash scripting guide and found that out.
> Thanks.
>
>>  running it again.  Also putting such scripts into /usr/local/bin can make
>>  them accessible to everyone on the system and protect them from yum 
>
> I don't use yum but yes. Actually I put it in /bin/speakup. Is that ok? And I 
> modified /etc/profile so that /bin/speakup was in my path.
>
> -- 
> Daniel Dalton
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
> daniel.dalton47@gmail.com
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Blinux-list@redhat.com
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>
>

Re: setting speakup to certain settings

[Geoff Shang]

Daniel Dalton wrote:

> The only time I have the defaults is if when I am in the log in screen. And 
> if I logged in as root straight from boot up.
> Which I don't do. If I do su - from being logged in as daniel my settings 
> stay the same.

Root's home directory is /root so if you want to be able to log in directly 
as root and have your settings, you could copy your .bash_profile there.

Geoff.

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[Michael Malver]

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